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Health Desk-- 26 March, 2017: Health experts at a discussion put importance on creating social awareness in detecting tuberculosis (TB) patients to bring them under free treatment facilities to eradicate the curable disease from the country.

They were addressing the post-rally discussion held in the conference room of the Rangpur Civil Surgeon Office on Friday afternoon in observance of the World Tuberculosis Day-2017 with the theme `Unite to End TB.’

The Divisional Director (Health) Office and health administrations organised daylong programme under National Tuberculosis Prevention Programme of the Health Directorate under Health and Family Welfare Ministry to observe the day.

Consultant of Tazhat Chest Disease Hospital in Rangpur Dr Mahmud Hossain as the main resource person explained the reasons behind tuberculosis infection, its prevention and the existing free treatment facilities across the country.

“The full-fledged GeneXpert Laboratory at Tazhat Chest Disease Hospital, equipped with ultra-modern GeneXpert machine, computers and other inputs has been assisting the doctors to effectively diagnose MDR-TB and tuberculosis,” he said.

Dr Hossain laid special emphasis on conducting quick cough test of tuberculosis patients, taking preventive vaccines and full course intake of essential medicines without interruption, for eradicating the curable disease from the country.